Cast restoration Gold metal restoration Porcelain restoration Cast restorations like this gold one (the beautiful glowing one on the left), involve drilling out the old materials and decay from the tooth, and taking a mould of the tooth. The tooth replica is then sent to the dental laboratory to make a dental onlay. The choice …
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Dental Erosion
Dental Erosion was caused by lemon consumption over a lifetime. Lemons are highly acidic and strip the mineral enamel off the teeth every time the lemon juice makes contact. Other acids that can have similar effects are stomach acid (reflux), wine, sports drinks and acidic soft drinks like Coke, Pepsi, lemon squash etc. Switching to …
New artwork photography black and white spiral theme
To refresh our walls we have chosen a spiral theme of black and white photography. The series begins with a shell spiral to represent the tension felt when going to the dentist. This is followed by a spiral stair case offering some hope of escape. The fractal spirals are beautiful mathematical representations of spirals interweaving …
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Porcelain onlays and Gold onlays
Amalgam (silver filling material) is a very strong metal that performs well under stress in molar teeth. The newer composite resin materials are not nearly as strong, and will require replacement every 5-7 years. See the image below how composite fails. To stop the cycle of having to redo fillings so frequently (or worse if …